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(11) EP 0 370 517 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
15.01.1992 Bulletin 1992/03

(43) Date of publication A2:
30.05.1990 Bulletin 1990/22

(21) Application number: 89121712.7

(22) Date of filing: 24.11.1989
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: C08K 3/22, C08L 23/04
// (C08L23/04, 51:06, 23:08, C08K3:22)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE ES FR GB GR IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 25.11.1988 JP 297896/88

(71) Applicant: NIPPON UNICAR COMPANY LIMITED
Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Horita, Katsuhiro
    Yokosuka-shi Kangawa-ken (JP)
  • Koshiyama, Takao
    Sagamihara-shi Kangawa-ken (JP)
  • Hayashi, Shoji
    Yokohama-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Yoshida, Mamoru
    Yokohama-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Moritani, Yasuharu
    Kamakura-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)
  • Hashimoto, Satoshi
    Yokosuka-shi Kanagawa-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Barz, Peter, Dr. et al
Patentanwalt Kaiserplatz 2
80803 München
80803 München (DE)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Flame retardant composition


    (57) A composition comprising:

    (i) a thermoplastic resin;

    (ii) an inorganic flame retardant;

    (iii) a copolymer of ethylene and either 1-hexene or 1-octene, said copolymer having been modified with a unsaturated organic compound containing at least one carboxylate group; and

    (iv) optionally, a copolymer of ethylene and one or more alpha-olefins having a crystallinity of less than about 40 percent by weight.







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